diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst
index cbc8a07fd..e6c966b8b 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ Variables that Control the Build
    /variable/CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION
    /variable/CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS
    /variable/CMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN
+   /variable/CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_INSTALL_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD
    /variable/CMAKE_WIN32_EXECUTABLE
    /variable/CMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_an-attribute
    /variable/EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/vs-install-in-default-build.rst b/Help/release/dev/vs-install-in-default-build.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b57592e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/vs-install-in-default-build.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+vs-install-in-default-build
+---------------------------
+
+* The :ref:`Visual Studio Generators` learned a new
+  :variable:`CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_INSTALL_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD` option
+  to put the ``INSTALL`` target in the default build of a
+  solution (``.sln``) file.
diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_INSTALL_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_INSTALL_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68f1ff6f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_INSTALL_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_INSTALL_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD
+-----------------------------------------
+
+Include INSTALL target to default build.
+
+In Visual Studio solution, by default the INSTALL target will not be part of
+the default build. Setting this variable will enable the INSTALL target to be
+part of the default build.
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index de90f7ead..ead5ddc92 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -1031,6 +1031,24 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::IsPartOfDefaultBuild(
   int type = target->GetType();
   if (type == cmTarget::GLOBAL_TARGET)
     {
+    // check if INSTALL target is part of default build
+    if(target->GetName() == "INSTALL")
+      {
+      // inspect CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_INSTALL_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD properties
+      for(std::vector<std::string>::iterator i = this->Configurations.begin();
+          i != this->Configurations.end(); ++i)
+        {
+        const char* propertyValue = target->GetMakefile()
+          ->GetDefinition("CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_INSTALL_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD");
+        cmGeneratorExpression ge;
+        cmsys::auto_ptr<cmCompiledGeneratorExpression>
+          cge = ge.Parse(propertyValue);
+        if(cmSystemTools::IsOn(cge->Evaluate(target->GetMakefile(), *i)))
+          {
+          activeConfigs.insert(*i);
+          }
+        }
+      }
     return activeConfigs;
     }
   if(type == cmTarget::UTILITY && !this->IsDependedOn(projectTargets, target))
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 35326a5bb..58feefd31 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ configure_file(${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Tests/EnforceConfig.cmake.in
 # Testing
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
   set(CMake_TEST_DEVENV "")
-  if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio [7-9] " AND
+  if(CMAKE_VS_DEVENV_COMMAND)
+    set(CMake_TEST_DEVENV "${CMAKE_VS_DEVENV_COMMAND}")
+  elseif(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio [7-9] " AND
       NOT CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM MATCHES "[mM][sS][bB][uU][iI][lL][dD]\\.[eE][xX][eE]")
     set(CMake_TEST_DEVENV "${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM}")
   endif()
@@ -1869,6 +1871,7 @@ ${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/bin/cmake -DDIR=dev -P ${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Utilities/Release
           --build-generator-platform "${CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM}"
           --build-generator-toolset "${CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET}"
           --build-project VSExcludeFromDefaultBuild
+          --build-target install
           --test-command ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
              -D "activeConfig=${config}"
              -D "allConfigs=${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES}"
diff --git a/Tests/VSExcludeFromDefaultBuild/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/VSExcludeFromDefaultBuild/CMakeLists.txt
index d30414b4b..243fdf589 100644
--- a/Tests/VSExcludeFromDefaultBuild/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/VSExcludeFromDefaultBuild/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.9)
 project(VSExcludeFromDefaultBuild)
 
+# CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_INSTALL_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD will enable the INSTALL target to be part of the default build
+set(CMAKE_VS_INCLUDE_INSTALL_TO_DEFAULT_BUILD 1)
+
 # First step is to clear all .exe files in output so that possible past
 # failures of this test do not prevent it from succeeding.
 add_custom_target(ClearExes ALL
@@ -13,6 +16,7 @@ add_custom_target(ClearExes ALL
 function(add_test_executable target)
   add_executable("${target}" ${ARGN})
   add_dependencies("${target}" ClearExes)
+  install(TARGETS "${target}" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/$<CONFIG>/install" OPTIONAL)
 endfunction()
 
 add_test_executable(DefaultBuilt main.c)
diff --git a/Tests/VSExcludeFromDefaultBuild/ClearExes.cmake b/Tests/VSExcludeFromDefaultBuild/ClearExes.cmake
index ece30ad00..99cf1a5cf 100644
--- a/Tests/VSExcludeFromDefaultBuild/ClearExes.cmake
+++ b/Tests/VSExcludeFromDefaultBuild/ClearExes.cmake
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@ file(GLOB exeFiles "${dir}/*.exe")
 foreach(exeFile IN LISTS exeFiles)
   file(REMOVE "${exeFile}")
 endforeach()
+file(GLOB exeFiles "${dir}/install/*.exe")
+foreach(exeFile IN LISTS exeFiles)
+  file(REMOVE "${exeFile}")
+endforeach()
diff --git a/Tests/VSExcludeFromDefaultBuild/ResultTest.cmake b/Tests/VSExcludeFromDefaultBuild/ResultTest.cmake
index 8fb00bfad..f96e70bc7 100644
--- a/Tests/VSExcludeFromDefaultBuild/ResultTest.cmake
+++ b/Tests/VSExcludeFromDefaultBuild/ResultTest.cmake
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ macro(TestExists exeName)
   else()
     message(FATAL_ERROR "File ${exeFile} was expected ${ARGN} to exist!")
   endif()
+  set(exeFile "${dir}/${activeConfig}/install/${exeName}.exe")
+  if(${ARGN} EXISTS "${exeFile}")
+    message(STATUS "File ${exeFile} was correctly found ${ARGN} to exist.")
+  else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "File ${exeFile} was expected ${ARGN} to exist!")
+  endif()
 endmacro()
 
 TestExists(DefaultBuilt)